Founding members Fergus Lawrie and Graham Kemp met in the summer of 1993, whilst attending the University of Glasgow.
[1] They took their band name from the manga Urusei Yatsura, written by Rumiko Takahashi,[1] and contributed their first recording, "Guitars Are Boring", to a compilation album released by the Kazoo Club.
[5] Urusei Yatsura split in June 2001, leaving Kemp to work on solo material and the other band members to form Projekt A-ko.
In 2011, Lawrie formed the three-piece band, Angel of Everyone Murder, with Sarah Glass and Lea Cummings on bass, and released a self-titled double album on Kovorox Sound.
In 2016, Rocket Girl released a 'Best of' album called You are my Urusei Yatsura, consisting of recordings they had made for the BBC sessions.